December 5, 1981 Season 7 episode
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| Episode | 126 |
| Season Episode | 7 |
| Host | Tim Curry |
| Musical Guest(s) | Meat Loaf |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Promised Land" "Bat Out of Hell" |
| Previous Episode November 14, 1981 |
Next Episode December 12, 1981 |
The 7th episode of Season 7 and the 126th episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by British actor Tim Curry with musical guest Meat Loaf, a rock singer and it premiered on December 5, 1981.
Tim Curry made his only hosting appearance and this was the 2nd and final musical guest stint on SNL for Meat Loaf, before his death in 2022.
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Repertory[]
Featured[]
- Cameos by Bryant Gumbel and Frank Nelson
Sketches[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Cold Open | SNL sponsored by Texxon- “SNL writer will suffer Karen Silkwood’s fate”. | |
| Opening montage and Talent Entrance | Veteran NBC Nightly News announcer Bill Hanrahan briefly took over as announcer for Mel Brandt for this episode and the next. | |
| Tim Curry Monologue | 
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Tim Curry tries to help Stepin Fetchit Eddie Murphy change his image. |
| Transeastern | Rerun from November 7, 1981. | |
| Illegitimate Son | 
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Eddie Murphy says he’s Ronald Reagan’s illegitimate son & wants pop to come home. |
| Reach Out | parents “reach out & touch” elderly couple to talk with kidnapped son. | |
| Mick! | Jagger’s (Tim Curry) first TV variety special; Frank Nelson cameo. | |
| Meatloaf performs “Promised Land”. | ||
| SNL Newsbreak with Brian Doyle-Murray and Mary Gross |   
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Brian Doyle-Murray and Mary Gross argue about each other’s news anchoring skills; Doyle-Murray interviews Prince Charles (Tim Curry) & pregnant Princess Di (Christine Ebersole); Joe Piscopo talks with Bryant Gumbel & welcomes him to the Today show; Raheem Abdul Muhammed (Eddie Murphy) dislikes the Moral Majority’s calls for censorship. |
| Frank and Papa | 
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Frank (Tim Kazurinsky) stays with his Italian father (Tony Rosato) after a fight with his wife (Robin Duke). |
| The Zucchini Song | Tim Curry & audience sing ribald ditty “The Zucchini Song”. | |
| Rocky Horror Shop | 
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Tim Curry and Meatloaf advertise Tim & Meat’s One Stop Rocky Horror Shop. |
| In The News | Liz Taylor’s marriage history is documented. | |
| Meatloaf performs "Bat Out of Hell." | ||
| If Reagan Had Survived the Assassination Attempt | Dan Rather (Joe Piscopo) & others ponder If Reagan Had Survived The Assassination. | |
| Goodnights |
| Preceded by: November 14, 1981 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: December 12, 1981 |